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    The Omaha Daily Bee.
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ESTABLISHED JTJiNE 10, 1871.
OMAHA, WEDNESDAY WOKNING, JULY 24, 1901 TWELVE PAGES.
SINGLE COPY F1VK CENTS.
SCHLEY PLASS SUIT
Admiral is Pnparlnr to Ikkt lUalay
JLanrtr for Oritlclimi,
WILL FIRST ASK FOR COURT OF INQUIRY
"WiAn Exratratitn by lelltw Offiotn B-
Un Any Oiril Aotira.
ADMIRAL DEWEY WILL HAVE TO. IERVE
Wit lim Probably Will Be Banuj
Bonaura Alio.
'WASHINGTON EXPECTS NEW SENSATIONS
jCase Seems Destined to Become Oi.
of Moat Celebrated In AatutU
. of United States
Wa.Tr.
WASHINGTON. July 23. The Washing
ton Tost last night telegraphed Admiral
8chlcy that In an editorial It Insisted that
he owed It to himself as well as to his
friends to begin proceedings against Mr.
Maclay, tho author ot tho History of tho
United Btatoa Navy, to disprove the lat
ter's charge, adding "will you do this 7
1'leaso wire statomcnt."
Today It received tho following telegram:
ORI3AT NECK. L. I., July 23.-Edltor
Washington Post: I bollove the first step
nhould bo Investigation of nil matter by a
court, then a civil action afterwards. I am
preparing to tuko this courso.
(Signed) W. 8. SCHLEY.
Tho Post In tho morning, as a rosult of
extensive Inquiries based upon tho admi
ral's dispatch, will say In part: Admiral
Bchley prnposee to ask an Investigation at
tho hands of a naval court of Inquiry and
then to stio Historian Maclay tor libel. His'
action Is tho sequel to tho developments
during tho past week, when tho entlro
country has been surprised by tho publica
tion of tho unexampled abuse poured out
on him In tho third volume of E. S. Ma
clay's History of the United States Navy,
In which publication Schley Is said to have
run away In "caitiff flight," nnd Is, In ad
dition, denounced as n coward, a cur and a
traitor.
The Schley court of Inquiry will undoubt
edly bo ono of tho most celebrated canes In
tho nnvnl or military history of tho country.
Tho high rank of tho officers Involved In the
controversy nnd tho Intense public feeling
which has been nroused will combine to
give to tho Investigation a dramatic Inter
est. Nothing has occurred In Washington
for many years that will compare with It.
The nppolntmcnt of the court of Inquiry
Is expected to be made" by Secretary Long,
though It would bo In tho power of the
president to make the selections It ho chose.
This Is hardly likely to occur, however.
"'Admiral Schley's letter asking for tho ap
pointment of tho court will be addressed to
Secretary Long, who Is his Immediate chlof,
To address the communication to the presi
dent. Ignoring. Secretary Jng, would not
only ho a broach 'df naval otlquetto, but
would bo to' My at variance with Schley's
careful obsorvanco of punctilious proced
ures Tho court, therefore, will bo named
by Secretary Long unless ho shall profcr to
refer the rantter to the president.
Who Will Probnhlr J ml ere.
Mr. Long has already stated that If Ad
miral Schley requested a court of Inquiry
ho would grant the request and has also ex
pressed his willingness to personally select
the court. While ho has not made any
statement ns to Its personnel, thcro Is
every reason to believe thnt he favors
Admiral Dewey and Hear Admirals Ramsey
nnd Donham, the two latter being now
upon the retired list. Tho name of Ad
miral Walker has been suggested, but It
Is known that he has expressed views upon
the Sampso'n-Schley controversy In an
tagonism to Schley, and his appointment
would, thefofore, bo seriously questioned..
It Is said that Dewey, Ramsey or Benhnni
have always avoided giving an opinion as
to tho merits of tho controversy. All tbee
otneers are residents of Washington, al
though temporarily out of the city to es
capo tho summer heat and could be quickly
summoned to taliu their places around the
table of the court.
Three names nro mentioned because that
number Is specified In the regulations for
courts of Inquiry. Thoro Is a possibility
that Admiral Dewey might nsk to be ex
cuscd, as he would have n right to do, but
It is also morally certain that In this event
he would bo specifically detailed by the sec
retary for service on tho board. This would
make his attcnilanco Imperative. Secretary
Lour tins from tho moment that n court
ot Inquiry wna suggested favored tho ap
pointment of Admiral Dewey, believing that
his appointment would glvo tho highest
character to tho court nnd that any de
rision which It might reach would bo ac
cepted by tho American people
Admiral Rauiboy was for eight years at
the head of tho bureau of navigation. Ad
miral llenham came Into prominence In
1SVU. during tho brief revolution against
President Koseca of Brazil. The Brnrjllan
navy, under Admirals Mello and Da Oama,
had revolted nnd Da Oama, In command of
the Brazilian ships In the harbor of Rio
Janrlro, hnd declared n blockade. Admiral
Bcnhain was In the harbor with an Amcrt
can fleet, consisting of tho New York,
Charleston, Detroit, Newark nnd San Fran
cisco. All tho Europenn naval commanders
hud quietly submitted to Da OnniLi of
fensive orders, the German commander even
tailing 10 resent wie uouooraio nring upon
ine imimmi hhk. m xuiiiirui ucuiiain
ncni woru o uu uanm uiui mv American
iiuk inusi ue rcupeuit'u aim mm imy mr-
cnanironu nying me sinrB ami stripes wouia
land when and whero Its captain pleased,
The BrnzlIUn admiral defied the American.
Thereupon Benham notified him that Amer-
lean ships would be convoyed Into the nor -
bor and ton ho ordered his fleet cleared
tor action, while tho Detroit, with slotted
guns, convoyed the bark Amy to Its wnarf.
Da Oama fired upon the bn,S and the next
moment a solid shot wns put Into the
Trajanno, Da Gama's flagihlp, That ended
ii.. '. tu'. .
the controversy and thereafter every
American ship entered tho harbor at will.
Summitry of Criticisms.
With respect to the matters to be In
aulred Into by the court of Inquiry, tho
Post will sy thnt it might be difficult to
itnte briefly the exact questlous which
will come before the court, but that Ad
miral Schley condensed them In a letter
srltten to Senator Hale, chairman of the
leuato committee on naval affairs, Febru
ry 18. ISO!). This letter divided tho criti
cisms ot himself Into four heads, ns fol
lows: First, the nllegcd delay off ClrnfUfgos,
Cuba.
Second, tho alleged slow progress toward
(Continued on Fifth Page,)
BOER PRISONERS GET AWAY
Escape from Darrcll's Island lir Tutt
ing Desperate Chances, bnt
Are Recaptured.
HAMILTON, Bermuda, July 20. (Cor
respondence ot the Associated Press.) Tho
prisoners ot war confined In Darretl's Is
land mako almost nightly attempts to
avoid the patrollng guards and gain tho
mainland by swimming. The water between
Darrcll's Island and the beach Is calm and
all night long tho gunboats Bweop It with
their searchlights. Sharks abound and the
British guard will shoot on suspicion, yet
several ot tho Doers b&vo escaped from
their detention camp.
On tho night of July 9, H. J. Dutolt, M.
L. Louvens, J, P. Deroux and J. 0. Du
preeao, Doer prisoners, evaded the guards
and the sharks and reached the shoro halt
a mllo away by swimming, By daybreak
they had reached tho southern shore of the
island. Here they approached a colored
man, asking him for food. He charged
them with being Boer prisoners nnd they
''dmlttcd it. The colored man informed the
''jrds at Warwick camp and tho escap-
. 'Hsoners were captured.
''it or two after throe others tried
to ,"" -"i on planks. They wero seen,
howeve. - fired on by the guards. Ono
was wou - and returned to tho Island,
whilo the of two wero caught.
SUPPLY
AIN DESTROYED
Kitchener Report Another
ncctcd nnd Successful
Attnck.
tlncv
LONDON, July 23. Tho British war office
has received the following dispatch from
Lord Kitchener, dated Pretoria, July 23;
A train from Capetown with 113 details
tind stores was held up, captured und
burned at Scheepcrs, eight miles north of
licaufort West, on the morning of July 21.
Our casualties were three killed und eigh
teen wounded. An Inquiry Is proceeding.
French reports that Cralibo, with 3oo men,
wns attacked In the mountains near Crnd
ock by Krltzlnger at dawn, July 21. Tho
horses stampeded. An nil day light fol
lowed. Crutibo fell back on Mortimer. Our
loss was slight.
MINING CONGRESSCONVENES
l're.lilent Prince Tells Assembly lit
Iloise tbnt Department of Mines
Is Most Needed.
BOISE, Idaho, July 23. The fourth an
nual session of tho International Mining
congress convened at the Columbia theater
this morning.
Tho meeting was openo'd with nn address
of welcome by Govornor Hunt. He was fol
lowed by Mayor Alexander, who tendered
the keys ot tho city to tho visitors. Re
sponses were made by E. L. Shntner of
Cleveland and others. President L. Brad
ford Prlnco ot New Mexico then delivered
his annual address. Ha reviewed tho
previous sessions and spoko ot the work to
bo done. Mr. Prince stated that tho prln
clpal object of tho congress was to secure
the establishment of a Department ot Mines,
Ho said It was necessary that the great
Industry havo recognition In order that tWo
development might go forward at a pace
that would keep It abreast of development
along other lines.
Thcro were many problems confronting
tho industry, he said, that could not bo
solved satisfactorily without tho direct aid
that could be given through a government
Department of Mines.
Prof. S. W. McCalla, assistant geologist
of Georgia, read a paper upon the mineral
resources of that state. Fred C. Sora
meek of Iowa read a paper on "Mining as a
Business, Compared with Commercial and
Manufacturing Entcrprlhcs,"
FOR THE YOUNGER CATHOLICS
Illshnp Ilnrntmuii I.iiiuichc I'lnn
tfducntl.iii nnd .Nntiirnllrntlon
Hlmllnr to V. M. C. A.
of
CLEVELAND, O., July 23. A rejuvennt
Ing of tho work nmong the younger ole
ment of tho Catholic church was launched
from this city last week by Bishop Horst
man.
In brief it Is proposed to adopt thrfYoung
Men's Christian Association system of cdu
cation. Every feutura of Y. M. C. A. work
will be followed. Ono object of tho new
organization will be tho elimination of for
eign traits nnd Inngungea and a more rapid
naturalization through cqntact with natlvo
Catholic young men of the United States
Although tho plan has not jeached tho
formative stage, It Is proposed, that tho
management of tho order shall bo ns far
as possible from tho churrh, ecclesiastical
authority will bo strictly drawn nnd the
priesthood will have no moro than ox-officlo
hold of the new, organization. Bishop
Horstmnn will mako tho plan public at
Bridgeport, Ccnn., next September.
It Is bclloved tho plnn will receive such
an Impetus from the Turnvereln that Its
success will bo Inevitable.
UNION OF YOUNG PEOPLE
Mnuy neleiiftt.-a from All Port of the
Country Are Arriving nt
t'hlciiKO,
CHICAGO, July 23. Dolegates to tho
eleventh annual convention of the Interna
tlonnl Baptist Young People's Union of
America. Ahlch bedim hern tninnrrnw bn.
Bnn to arrive today, each Incoming train
Bringing IIb full quota. Excursion trains
fro n Canada. New, Mexico and New York
nro expected to swoll tho assemblage to
nciween is.uoo and 20.000 by tomorrow
night. Tho regular session will begin
inursuay, when tho convention will ofu
i dally open Bt the Colmeum. Mornlne
niternnon ana evening sessions will be.
now encn nay until Sunday night, when th
exouus ror homo will begin among tho
delegates. At each session besides roll
i ulcus services, thrro will bo nddressea hv
I prominent speakers of tho Baptist church
J from all parts of tho country.
1
llonrrve-'t nn a ('mine.
new YORK, July 23,-Vlce President
I 1 "'"oanre mom-voit is now the ruev f
. V'aecommffi1, t VwnThl v,'e
?oroT The ' PM-Tl'lTuke n'e's "c UMe
?" Ir ,I'5',t's1 'hooner ynctit Shownn se
I In Qreat South bay.
Movement of Oct'iiu Vessels, July a:.
wt,i,'t'w Yrk-Arrivod: Knisjr Wtlhelm
rter Orosiie, from Bremen. Soutnumpt n . nd
Cherbourg: S.iuthwnrlt. irom liiweri..
hthloplii, from Glasgow nnd Mnv lie
At Plyiiinuth-Sdlled; Ponnsy vanli, fiom
Hamburg, for Now York.
At Hamburg-Kulled: Beigravia, for New
At Boston Arrived
Peruvian, from O'ns-
cow.
At Portlnnd-Arrlved
Uvcrnnol.
Ottoman, from
At Murunin Snlleds Imogen. fr-m Ma
nllii, etc, for San Francisco nnd Portland.
Ore.
At YokohamaSailed; Queen Adelnlde,
from lloiiK Koni?, for Tarom.i. At v l
Victoria, from Hong Koni? and Sid e
Kmpren.1 of China, from Vuncouver, H. C.
At Boulogne-Arrived: Potsdam, from
New ork, for Rotterdam,
At Ltverpool-Sniled; IvernU, for Queens
town and Ronton.
STRIKE GOES INTO COURT
Shut Ittel VaitEtr Wanti Injinctioi
A (tain it Enttosboltri.
MAY BRING MATTERS TO A CLIMAX
Restraining Order to Apply Only 1"
Wcllavlllc nt First, bnt Is Apt
I.nter to Tie Mmlo More
General.
PITTSBURG, Pa., July 23. The combine
forces have decided to carry the strike Into
the courts. It Is learned today that former
Judgo P. M. Smith of Wellsvllle, 0., has
been retained by Percltcr F. Smith, district
manager of the American Sheet Steel com
pany, to preparo papers for presentation
within a few days to a federal court ask
ing for a restraining order to stop strikers
from accosting or molesting In any way
nonunion men on the highways. Tho niovo
promises a crisis In tho strike, thus far
ono of watchfulness and waiting. The ap
plication for an Injunction may be made In
the United States district court and at
first will npply only to Wellsvllle, but it Is
believed the plan Is to pursue simitar
tactics at McKecsport and other places
whero necessary.
Following this tho rumor Is In clrcula
tlon that a carload of men will run Into
Wcllsvlllo tomorrow to supplement the
force now nt work. This latter story has
not been verified up to midnight. Ac
cording to slrlko leaders tho officials of tho
Wellsvllle mills ore apparently seeking to
bring on an open conflict In order to In
voko the aid ot the sheriff's deputies nnd If
posslblo tho mllltln. Earnest and renewed
warnings havo been rent to the strikers to
remain cool and keep within the law.
Mayor Puts Ills Foot In It.
Thoro wns much indignation today over
a report that Mayor A. P. Dennis had
called two strikers, Patrick O'Connor and
Daniel Rumbaugh, before him and forbid
den them to talk to men on the way to' tho
mill In the effort to keep them from going
to work. Vice President Chnppell of the
Amalgamated association Immediately
sought tho mayor and asked him what ho
meant by trying to abridge tho right of free
speech. Tho mayor denied that he had for
bidden tho strikers to talk and said:
"What I did say to the men was that mem
bers of tho association must not tako hold
of any man's coat and bold him while talk
ing. I told them It was better to go to a
mans nouso and talk to them than to
gather a crowd on the street."
The mayor said neither Manager Brook
man nor anyone elso had suggested his
advising tho men not to talk, although
Mr. Brookman had telephoned him that
Rumbaugh had Interfered with a man on
his way to work. The Amalgamated men
say that the mayor has no authority to
forbid free speech and that It he orders
men not to talk to nonunlonlsts on tho
streets the order will not bo obeyed. Tho
orders from McKecsport tonight are
ot a quieting nature and no exciting In
ctdents are looked for at present at that
point.
Eyes Turn to Monessen.
Much' Interest Is centering In the sit
uation at Monessen. It is reported thnt
twelve men wero discharged becauso of
their too closo friendship with the Amal
gamated people. A report that the men
were planning n march to Monessen to draw
out tho men wns donled. Tho men, It Is
said, are not tnklng an active part In
the strike at present and the Amalgamated
officers are opposed to marches.
Among the many peculiar conditions
found nt Monessen Is that the men are
paid on the tonnage basis and that the
company has offered a bonus for over a
certain tonnage, to be paid at the end of
tho year. Some of the men havo thus
considerable bonus and they realize that
they aro liable to lose this.
From Sharon a telegram was received to
night saying: "A bill for a temporary In
Junction has been granted by Judge Mil
ler restraining tho strlkors nt the Amer
lean Steel Casting Works from entering
tho grounds of the company."
'FRISCO POLICJMiETTING BUSY
Seem to Be Xeedeil in Districts Where
Draymen's Strike is Cen
tering. SAN FRANCISCO, July 23. Fifteen nun
dred teamsters are now ldlo nnd no mer
chandise to speak of was moved today,
Collector ot Customs Stratton swore In
several drivers In tho employ of tho Over
land Freight nnd Transfer company as
government customs Inspectors without
compensation. This was done at the re
quest of Superintendent Fuller of the
Overland compnny, which has tho contract
to haul tho bonded goods to the ware
housed and appraisers' stores, and Is i
precaution tnken to make any Interference
nincnnblo to prosecution by the govern
ment.
The police havo been much in ovldcnco
today, owing to tho action of tho executive
committees of the Draymen's association
nnd the Employers' association, which hold
n Joint meeting this morning and called
upon Chief Sullivan to detail more men to
the districts whero trouble might bo ex
pected.
MOST FIREMEN ARE AT WORK
A in nn a Strikers Who Resume Aro
Those of the IiiinknTrannn
Conl Company.
WILKESBARRE. Pa., July 23. A great
many of tho stationary nrornen returned
to work todny. All tho collieries of tho
Delawnro & Hudson company are In opera
tion, with the old hands In tho boiler rooms.
Thero wns also a general resumption nt
tho mines of tho Lackawanna Conl company,
which has taken nil the strikers back. All
the Individual operators hnve reinstated
tneir nun and are working full time, The
1"." M,tt"' ,company' owver, is
holding out against their old firemen.
, i.iii i UAMfi Trt RICADCOT Tnrr
WILL HANG TO NEAREST TREE
Oklnliomn I.mr unit Order l.entcnc In
forms Crooks Wliut Tlielr Pun
ishment Will Re,
FORT SILL, Okl., July 23, A Law and
Order league has been organized hero to
suppress the dozens of crooks who have
Infested the country since tho Klowa
Cunanche registration began, Its members
threaten to meto out summary punish
ment. The organization has decided to
print and distribute 1,000 handbills bear
ing the following:
'INotlce is hereby served on all confi
dence men, pickpockets, thieves and crooks
who aro caught plying their vocations that
thjy will be hanged to the nearest tree."
MAJOR DODDS FOR OMAHA
Ordered for Duty as .Indue Advocate
of the Department of the
Missouri
WASHINGTON, July 237 (Special Tele
gram.) Major Frank I DOdds, Judge advo
cate, has been ordered to Omaha for duty
ns Judge advocate of the Department ot
the Missouri.
Rural free delivery servlco will be es
tablished September 2 at Sac City, Sao
county, la. Tho routo embraces 146 square
miles, containing n population ot 2,321. E.
E. Harter, J. B. Stuley, 0. 11. Stalcy and
Howard Young wero appointed carriers. The
postofficc at Pettis wilt be supplied by rural
delivery.
Iowa postmasters appointed: Nicholas
Brlmeycr, Bnlltown, Dubuque county; I. C.
Ray, Moorhcnd, Monona county.
Tho application of Ralph Prlngle, M.
Chandler, W. T. Marshall. H. F. Owens nnd
others to organize the Farmers' National
bank nt Red Oak, la., with $60,000 capital,
has been approved.
Miss Nettle E. Droslus of Valent'ne, Neb.,
has been appointed to a position at the
Indian school, Fort Mojave, Ariz.
John A. Motcalt and John F. Lally, let
ter carriers In the Omaha po.torrtce, wero
today promoted from &00 to J LOCK) each.
Reserve agents approved; Hankers' Na
tional bank ot Chicago for First National ot
Elk Point, S. D.i Hanover National ot Now
York for First National of i'rescott, la.:
Commercial National of Chicago for First
National of Etkader, la.
Representative Mondcll of Wyoming was
today assured by tho War department thnt
prompt uctlon will be tnken looking to the
Installation ot a complete sewerage and
water system at Fort 'Mackenzie. Tho
plr.n contemplates tho construction ot n
separate storage reservoir for the fort to
Insure constant nnd high pressure ot
water. This sewerage system will bo ex
tended to all buildings ot tbe tort and
other necessary points. It Is probnblo thnt
the combined jewer and water system will
cost $1,200 to $1,500. Tho work will bo
dono by contract probably. Mr. Mondcll
lias been assured tho department will In a
few days nsk for bids for the construction
ot ii n additional barracks building, out of
a surplus ot $35,000 now on hand. If thero
Is still a surplus when this building Is
completed It will bo devoted to other build
ings at the post. All these changes were
to have been tnado by the department In
time, but through tho Insistence of Repre
sentative Mondell the department promises
to tako up nnd complete nil thrco projects
this year. Mr. Mondcll today called at the
general lnnd office and asked thnt a number
ot addlttonnl forest rangers be allotted to
tho reserves of Wyoming. He was assured
that later In the season as the ranges dried
up an extra temporary force would bo ap
pointed to serve throughout the dry sea
son. F0SBURGH DEFENSE IS NEXT
Prosecution Rests Cnse Unexpectedly,
After Dny of Ilntlicr Sctisa
ttonnl Incidents.
PITTSFIELD, Mass., July 23Tho gov
ernment rested this afternoon In the trial
of Robort 8. Fosburgh for tacjiUcged kill
lug of his sister May. The Conclusion was
As sudden as It was unexpected, It being
known that thero were. witnesses hold In re
serve, a number having been summoned by
tho prosecution only yesterday. Tho de
fendant's Junior counsel set forth the facts
upon which the defense Is based.
Thcro wna a sensation at tho opening of
tho court this morning when Judge Stovcns
ordered tho expulsion and exclusion of sev
eral representatives of tnreo Now York
papers becauso of an nrtlclo which had
been published relative to an alleged epi
sode at the grave of the victim of the
tragedy. This episode, It was said, occurred
on Sunday Inst aud the publication tho court
described ns tho "grossest attack on tho
admtnlbtratlon of Justice."
The chlof witness for the government to
day was John Nicholson, head of tbe police
department of Pltttsfleld. Officer Flynn,
who searched tho Fosburgh premises on tho
morning following the tragedy and who had
found tho slnglo shoe which has figured
as a portion of tho government's chain ot
evidence, was also a witness today.
At the conclusion of tho government's
caso this nfternoon tho counsel for the de
fense suggested to tho court that the cnse
be dismissed for lack of proper ovldcnco.
Judge Stovens, however, stated that he wns
not ready to entertain such a motion.
PULLMAN TURNS SOMERSAULT
Several Colorndo People Hurt in
Sleeping Cnr Hint Hulls Dovrn
nn Iviiiliiiiikment.
DENVER, Colo.. July 23. Ono mllo west
of Marshall Pass a Pullman sleeper broke
looso from tho westbound passenger on tho
narrow gauge line of tho Denver & Rio
Grando railroad today und rolled down an
embankment. A dozen passengors were In
jured but no ono was killed. The injured
are:
A. B. Roeder of New York City, formerly
of Denver, Internally hurt.
Gqrtrude Ornhood, Denver, bruised.
. Dr. Rowen, Ouray, Injured Internally,
J. T. Barrett, Ouray, chest nnd back hurt,
A. L. Collins, Tellurlde, fractured collar
bono,
George H. Burroughs, sculp wound.
Mrs. J. A. Snedccker, Denver, back and
shoulder hurt.
C. F. Hill, Pueblo, scalp wound.
Hazel Grove, Denver, scalp wound.
Mrs. C. T. Austin, Denver, head bruised.
General Kessler, Guthrie, Okl., bruised.
Tho car turned a completo somersault and
alighted on Its trucks fourteen feet below
tho track It bad loft. Tho cause Is un
known. MONTANA MINE SUIT RENEWED
This Time It Is John MiicOluuls Who
Asks Receiver for Huston A
Moiitiilin Coiiipimy,
BUTTE, Mont., July 23. John MacGlnnls.
vlco president nnd general manager of the
Montann Oro Purchasing company, has
brought another suit In the district court
boro against the Boston & Montana com
pany, its directors" nnd officers, the Amal
gamated company and Its prenldent to have
a receiver nppolnted for tho Boeton & Mon
tana. He assorts that the Amalgamated
has no right to any of tho shares of the
Boston & Montana and asks that the
shares now held by It bo canceled and sur
rendered to tho latter company.
Tho transfer of control In the Boston &
Montana was made to the Amalgamated
recently through the decision of tho New
Jersey court.
MacGlnnls claims the Interests ot ml
norlty stockholders In the Boston & Mon
tana are being prejudiced by tho transfer
of control. Ho ownu a hundred share.
TORNADO COMES WITH RAIN
Blrwi Dtwn Bnitilofi aid Isjarii Mi
Niar N.w Ulm, Minn.
FOLLOWS HOT SPELL THAT BROKE RECORD
Occurs About the Snme Time ns Illic
Cyclone of Twenty Years Ak
nnd People Are on
Guard.
NEW ULM, Minn., July 23. A tornado
passed a mile north ot New Ulm from west
to east at 1 'o'clock this afternoon. Sev
eral buildings were blown down and two
men Injured.
Tho Injured men are August Woodman
and William Thoiulltz, both ot whom sought
shelter In a barn which was blown down
upon them. Several farm buildings In the
district were wrecked. A heavy rain ac
companied tho storm. Halt an hour prior
to the tlmo the storm struck this section
the government thermometer showed 103,
the highest point reached this seasun, and
the record since 1865. Tho air was close
and heavy aud tbe nnnlvcrsnry ot tho din
nstrouk cyclone of twenty years ago hav
ing Just been passed, alt residents In the
vicinity ot the disturbance sought refuge In
cellars.
Reports from the country to tho west of
hero aro to tho effect that considerable
damngo woe done.
VICKSBURG, Miss., July 23. Hundreds
Of shade trees were uprooted, many roofs
lifted and the walls of half a dozen build
ings caved In by n tornado which passed
over the southern section of the city this
afternoon. The storm was accompanied by
a downpour of rain. Thero wero no cas
ualties.
DALLAS, Tex.. July 23. A dispatch to
the News from Cisco, reports a waterspout
twclvo miles west ot there, which washed
away ten ratios ot thu track of tho Texas
Central railroad between i,ueders and Al
bany and between Albany and Moran.
An engine went through n bridge and
Engineer Thomas Beene was killed.
CROPS A FAILURE ABROAD
IIushIu Reports Drouth nnit Dcanln-
tlnn In Many of Its Orcnl
Rnlstnir Districts.
WASHINGTON. July 23. A St. Peters
burg dispatch to the United States De
partment ot Agriculture, dated July 21,
.States that a temnerature of 103 ileirreea
was reached that day In Odessa and that
Dhonomenal heat wan nrevalllnir thrmiL'h
air of northern Russia. A cnble'ernm to
tho department from Loudon, dated July 20,
mentioned reports that tho crops In Si
beria appear to be nearly a totnl failure,
adding that In the districts of Minusinsk
nnd Kresnoyursk almost the entire growth
or cereals bad perished as the result of a
two months' drouth and that In the trans
Baikal country the ooislltton' of thn rrmm
was almost equally bad. Minusinsk and
Krasnoyarsk are two of tho Ave districts
composing tho Siberian province ot Yc-
niseisK, wnicn occupies ttie greater part of
tho country drained by the Yonisc river.
in when tbe Siberian crop was above
n averuce. these two districts nrmlnnnil
nbout 71J per cent of tho wheat and rye
grown m the four Siberian provinces for
which cron renorts arn nnhtlsheil. u
not appear from the dlsnatch whnthnr thn
reports In regard to tho failure of tho
crops in Siberia ns a wholo 'are based on
i , .. . , . - . . .. .
iiiiuiuuiuuu irura various parts of that
ast territory or whether thnv rent nn nn
inference drawn from tho conditions pre
vailing In tho two Ycnlscan districts nbovi
named and In trans-Baikal.
Tho same dispatch mentions mvn nf
tho twelvo districts composing the prov
Inco of Pern, In the eastern part of Eu
ropean Russia, statlnc that tn fhp.n rlla
trtcts the condition of affairs Is almost as
deplorable as In tho Siberian districts
named above. It is further stated that
in too province or tllO Volca rerr nn hn
peasantry aro already nractlcallv i1priih
naving sold tho cattlo nnd horses they
couiii noi ieea ami consumed "nearly thel
whole scanty stocks of fond nnrt mn,i
grain," Even In tho part of nonthnm rino
8ia, where tho crop Is on the whole snld to
oe a lair average, thero nro, says tho dls
puicn, disastrous shortages in tho prov
inco of Ekaterlnoslav and "an instance Is
Red of tho utter destrtictlnn nf ahnt
io.ooo acres of grain bv halistnrmo nn,i
tne iiesstnn fty." The same ugencles, It is
nucicfi, nave blighted largo tracts of grain
in launaa and tne Don country and in the
provinces or nunan and Torek in nnrti.
crn Caucasia.
A cablegram from Moscow, dntml .iniv 17
says that reports from twonty provinces
BhOW tllO prospects Of tbe Russlnn i.rnn.
for tho present seaoon to bo much less fa
vorable than they wero a month earlier.
liONOON, July 24. "ThH shmln fnmnom
turo In Madrid today (Tuesday! ins ,i
grecs i-anrenheit," says n dispatch to the
LMIiy Express from the Kn.inlnh rnniini
ino neat was so overpowering Monday that
Parliament had to be closed hastily. In
Scvillo, Cordova and Cadiz tho shado tern
perature was 123 degrees."
IOWA DEATHS FROM HEAT
Nebraska nnd llaivkeye Cminers
AVlthdrnw All Price .Sheets Airnlt
Ins: SliortiiKc eiT.
DES MOINES, la., July 23. (Special.)
Soveral prostrations from the hent occurred
today and last night and two deaths are
directly traceable to tho heat. Tho most
distressing death was thnt of John C. Mucy,
a prominent lawyer of many years' stand
ing, who died early this morning. Ho suf
fered from the hent last night and early
today was taken 111 nnd died In a few
hours, Mr. Macy was a native of Rhode
Islam), a graduate of Brown university,
had practiced law many years In Den
Moines and was at ono time a member of
the city council. He leaves a wife nnd
three children. Mrs. Garvcr, a poor
woman, was prostrated last night by tho
heat and died this morning, C, J. Mc
Laughlin, a laborer, died last night from
tho heat on his way to tho hospital. Ho
was 70 years eld.
SIOUX CITY, In,, July 23. Today's
maximum tcmpcraturo was, 100, but greator
humidity made the heat nearly as op
pressive ns yesterday and Sunday. Thero
have been seven deaths to date and many
prostrations.
MARSH ALLTOWN, la., July 23. Repre
sentatives of seventeen Nebraska and Iowa
canning factories met hero today to discuss
tho situation In view of tho protracted
dry westher and decided to withdraw all
price sheets until they can ascertain the
probablo shortage ot tbe season's pack.
BURLINGTON, Ia July 23,-The heat Is
still Intenso. The maximum wns 103, The
corn throughout Iowa Is reported to be
holding out remarkably well. Forty min
utes' rain reported at Charlton today,
CONDITION OF THE WEATHER
'oroenst for Nebraskn Fnlr Vedn?sdny,
Wtirmer In Western Portion, Thursday
Fair, Probably Not Uulto So Wurnii
South to West Wind.
Teinpcrnturc nt Onmlin Vestenlnyi
Hour. Deer. Hour. Dcu.
r. ii. in .so 1 p. m IU
u u. in m a p. 111
7 n. m HZ 'A p. "I ,0-
N ii. m MV 4 p. in 100
tl ii. in SI B p. 101
10 n. m SM O P. I" 100
11 n. in US 7 P. I"
ia iii nil s p. iii 1,1
! P. tn
GENERAL DROUTH SITUATION
Nclirnskn (Jets tlic II-t of the Hcntcil
Arcn's Scattered Thunder
storms, WASHINGTON. July 23. With the cx-
coptlou of scattered thunderstorms, thu
most Important of which. o far at least
an reports to the wenthcr bureau show,
was thai at North Platte, Neb., where
eight ojo-hundredths of nn Inch of rain
fell, tho drouth nnd Intense heat continued
nil day Miroughout the states of the corn
belt. Temperatures todny again averaged
over 100 degrees In that nrca. making the
thirty-sixth consecutive day in whioii mo
thermometer has risen to 80 degrees and
higher.
Aside from North Platte a traco of rain
was officially reported at Dcs Moines, two
one-hundredths of an Inch nt Kansas City,
some rainfall In north central Texas, some
In Arkansas, some In south Texas, also
some In northern Minnesota. In other sec
tions Official Forecaster Frankcnflcld says
thero may have boon thunderstorms, as
reported In tho press dispatches, though
the bureau received no advices other than
those heretofore stated from Its observers.
These storms, he said, brought only tem
porary relief and afforded llttlo sustenance
to the overpnrched ground, which, after
tho greatly protracted period ot drouth,
needs a general rain.
According to present Indications thcro
seems to bo no prospect of such a down
pour for the noxt two days at least. Be
yond that tlmo tho officials will not mnko
any predictions. Generally speaking, tho
temperatures In the superheated area wero
not so high as yesterday, but such falls as
may have occurred havo been due entirely
to local changes nnd not to nny general
differences In atmosphere conditions.
Tho hot weathur also continued In the
northwest, Bismarck, N. D., reporting a
record-breaking temperature of 106 de
grees. There Is no prospect of nny relief
from prevailing conditions In the central
valleys nnd tho middle western states nnd
Forecaster Frankcnflcld tonight repents
his forecast of continued warm weather,
with light and scattered thunderstorms, for
that ncUicn. The only thunderstorms pre
dicted aru for the southern states nnd tho
Rocky mountain section.
Some of tho maximum temperatures re
ported today are. Atluntn, SO; Buffalo, 84;
Cincinnati, 04; Davenport, 101; Denver, 90;
Des Moines, 100; Indianapolis, 06; Jackson
ville, 00; Kansas City, 102; Memphis, 104;
New York, 00; Omaha, 102; Pittsburg, SS;
St. Louis, 106, St. Paul, 100; Springfield,
III., 100; Washington, 00; Springfield, Mo.,
106.
BANK PRESIDENTS ON CORN
They Kstlmate a hoss of Three Hun
dred unit Twelve Million
Ituslicls.
NEW YORK, July 23. The Journal of
Commerce, which today telegraphed to a
large number of bank presidents in Iowa,
Missouri nnd Kansas, will tomorrow print
a spoclal report which will Bay: "Thero
Is every reason to believe that the enrly
reports of damages to tho corn crop by
drouth have not been exaggerated. On tho
contrary, It Is evident thut the situation
Is worse than reported nnd that tho damage
Is beyond repair. Tho region of most dam
ngo lies In an Irregular area of COO miles
diameter, with St. Joseph, Mo., as the ap
proximate center.
"The following question was sent to tho
bank presidents: 'Kindly wire your opinion
of pcicentngo of damage to corn nnd llvo
stock by drouth In your vicinity.
"The answers Indicate very serious losses
In tho region specified. In Knnsas many
report 75 per cent damage to corn, In
Missouri the majority oi tho reports aro
generally between 35 nnd CO pur .cent,
while in Iowa the damage Is between 23 ami
30 per cont.
"It would seem from the returns given
that n loss ot 50 per cent in this region
would bo an exceedingly modornto cstlmuto.
This would indicate a loss of nt least 312,
000,000 bushels In tho region of greatest
drouth and probably considerably moro. It
should bo borno In mind that theso figures
refer to only tho small urea of grcatcut
damngo. No attempt has been made to
ascertain tbe damngo elsewhere. The dam
ngo to llvo stock Is considerable! in Mis
souri nnd KnnsaB but very slight In Iowa
and Nebraska."
TRAVEL MILESF0R WATER
Southern Stc ckrnlscrs Are Huril
Pressed tn Hnve Their
Cattle.
LOUISVILLE, Ky., July 23. Thero was
one prostrntinn from heat today, with a
temperature maximum of 100. Dispatches
from over the stato tell of Intense heat nnd
great crop damago. Paducnh reports that
this afternoon at 2 o'clock the govern
ment thermometer registered 111. A dis
patch from Paris says tho present drouth
Is by far the worst over known In Bourbon
county. Reports say the corn crop will
be ruined nnd the tobacco crop will bo
hardly half a yield. Some farmers nlong
tho Maryevlllo and Lexington pikes aro ovon
refusing drinking water to trnvoierB over
tho road. Cisterns nro giving out and wells
nro going dry. Thero has been no rain
hero in flvo weeks, In somo Instances
water for stock Is being hauled flvo miles.
MEMPHIS, Tenn., July 23. All heat rec
ords wero broken boro today, when nt 4
o'clock tho government thorraoinotcr reg
istered 104 degrees.
ILLINOIS C0RN IS WILTING
Good Ilnllis Arc Needed In Ten Duj-s
to Insure n Fnlr
Crop,
CHICAGO, July 23. Although the maxi
mum tcmperaturo In Chicago today was
only 86, live more persons died from tho
effects of tho terrific heat of Sunday. Many
others overcome during that dny of unpar
nlloled torrldlty are In a serious condition,
SPRINGFIELD, III., July 23.-Tho gov
ernment thermometer registered 102 here
today. Thero wero several prostrations nnd
one death. Corn over the stato Is beginning
to show the effects of tho long-continued
drouth, especially In the bottom lands, but
not to such n great extent as anticipated.
If good rnlns occur within a week or ten
days there will bo a fair crop.
RAIN IN PAT
Portisns of Ntbrnii-n nd lows. Git Bhcwtn
and Coolsr Brcz;t.
HALF AN INCH DEEP AT GRAND ISLAND
Trenton YtU thi Effect f Preo!pittion In
the Neighborhood.
FRANKLIN REPORTS A THUNDERSTORM
Hooper and Other FUoes Grateful for Oloud
Hoiiture.
AUDUBON COUNTY IN IOWA SOAKED
Local Indications of an Attempt on
the Part of the Wcntlier Clerk tn
Ilrenk the Drouth, Knit JtufTor
liiK and .Save Crops.
Of nil the parched area of the west, Ne
braskn aud Iowa wore the only states to
receive material Indications of a break In
the drouth Inst night. In various parts
of tho east central part of Nebraska
thero wero IIrIU showers tit Intervals.
Grand Island reported the most rnlnfnll -half
nn Inch. At Hooper, Trenton, Franklin,
Alma, Aurora, Hastings nnd Grand Island
thcro wns welcome precipitation in vary
ing nmounts. At 11 o'clock Inst night
Omaha observers wore gladdened by dis
plays of lightning nnd evident rain In
the south, which seemed to bo nppronrh
lng tho city. Tho storm passed eastward,
however. Telephone messages wero to
tho effect that the storm seen from Omnba
loft buhlnd liberal precipitation in Ne
braska City, Weeping Wntcr nnd adjoining
sections. In Iown Des Moines and Au
dubon reported considerable rainfall over
n wide area.
LINCOLN, Neb., July 23,-Showors
visited tho enst central part of No
broskn this evening, but there wns no gen
ernl rnlnfall nnd none nt all In tho sections
most sorely drouth afflicted. Tho precipi
tation nt Grand Island wns nonrly half an
Inch nnd It ranged downward from that to
n spr'nkle In tho towns of Alma, Frnnklln,
Trenton, Hastings nnd Aurora. Tho maxi
mum temperature for Lincoln todny was
103. In tho western part of tho btato llvo
stock Is being marketed at any price tho
farmers can get.
NORTH PLATTE. Nob.,' July 23, (Spo
clal.) Eight nne-houndredths of nn Inch
of rain fell In this locality this nfternoon.
GRAND ISLAND, Neb., July 23. (Spo
clal Telegram.) A fine rain of nbout half
nn inch fell hero botwecn 5 nnd 0 o'clock
this nfternoon. Much of the corn crop
will bo giently benefited thereby.
HOOPER, Neb., July 23.-(Speclal.)-A
slight rain wns reported southwest of
horo last night. The thermometer has been
registering from 102 to 10S degrees each
dny. Winter wheat has been turning out
roraarttnbly well and soveral have threshed
thirty to foitj bushels an ucrn within a
week. Onts and spring wheat will bo
nbove tho nveraga yield.
TRENTON, Neb., July 23. (Special Tnle
grnm.) The unprecedented heat thnt has
prevailed horo and 'n Mio surrounding
country for over a month showed some sign
of abatement today. It wnH cloudy and n
cool, refreshing breoze blew from tho south.
Tho thermomctor registered from 97 to 100
nnd tho drop wns noticeable, ns the tempera
turo has been 107 to 113 for a number of
days. Indications nro that rain fell near
horo this nfternoon, ns tho air Is much
cooler tonight. A slight thundorstorm In
tho distance wns noticeable, hero. People
have taken on new courage, owing to tho
chnngo nnd prospects for rnln. Corn that
has not been pestered with hoppers Is doing
well.
FRANKLIN, Neb., July 23,-(SpecIal Tel
egram.) Several light showers fell hero
this afternoon. Tho Nebrnska Telephone
company han a gnng of nun here putting In
n local exchange and today whllo two of
tho mon worn working on a polo during tho
thunderstorm lightning struck tho wires
and gavo them n Severn shock.
TRENTON, Neb., July 23. (Special Tele
gram,) It began raining nt 0 o'clock to
night nnd prospects nro It will continue.
Tho rain will do untold good to pastures,
hay crops and corn. Tho atmosphere Is
much cooler.
AUDUBON, la.. July 23. (Special.) Tho
drouth which has continued in thla county
twenty-four days wns broken this morn
ing by n refreshing rain for thirty min
utes, during which tlmo an Inch of wntcr
fell, Reports from nil over Auaur""- ""iinty
show that tho rnln wns gct,,tI. Groat re
lief to corn, Into vegetables and pastures
Is tho result. Moro rain Is needed to ln
suro n full crop of corn, but tho 'fanners
are nil Jublllnnt over today's rain.
DES MOINES. July 23,-(Spccinl.)-Tho
heat continued 'n central lown todnv,
though not so sovore as yesterday. Tlio
high mark of tho government thermometer
In Des Molnoo today was 98, reached at 3
p. in., nt which tlmo a Btonn en mo up,
Thoro had been n Blight rain In the fore
noon and the clouds obscured tho sun,
relieving tho sevorlty nf tho bent. During
tho day there were heavy storms west of
Dos Moines, appronchlng near the city, nnd
reports Indicate that nt sovornl points
there was heavy rainfall.
NEBRASKA HEAT FATALITIES
Fiirmeis und Their Wives Find the
Torrid CoiitPiuiitlnu Ton Much
for Mortals to Ilndiire,
ORAND ISLAND, Neb., July 23. (Spe
cial.) Mrs. Ciaus Pnhl, wife of a farmer,
who was siinstruck Sunday, died last night
at tho homo of her daughter, Mrs, Henry
Stnnck, In thla city from tho effects of tho
stroke. Sho leaves a husband und quite a
largo family of children.
COLUMBUS, Neb., July 23. (Special.)
Goorge Thomuzin, u fnrmnr 60 yenrs of
ago, In Jollet township, whllo returning
homo yesterday afternoon, was overcome
by the hont and fell from his wngon. Ho
died In a short time. He bus thrco brothers
und two sisters, all In this county.
VALPARAISO, Neb., July 23, (Special.)
This part Is suffering for rain. Tho heat
has been Intenso for tho entlio month of
July, so far registering nbove 107 with two
exceptions.
LEIGH, Neb.. July 23. (Special.) The
heat reached Its highest point Sunday and
Monday. Tho street thermometers touched
110 degrees. Harvest Ik progressing and
It Is thought that small grain will be an
average crop, except winter wheat, which
is an extraordinary crop. Corn h suffer
ing from tho heat nnd drouth.
LINCOLN, July 23. (Speclul.) With the
death of Mrs, Eleanor Cummlngs last even
ing the list of dead as a result of Sunday's
Inteuse lit at was swelled to six, Wltblu
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